"There is an island for you. It is an island. It is in the sea."
(This is a small island off Hilo, Hawaii.)
The men try again:
"He aina hau kinikini o Kohala,
Na'u i helu a hookahi hau,
I e hiku hau keu.
O ke ama hau la akahi,
O ka iaku hau la alua,
O ka ilihau la akolu,
O ka laau hau la aha,
O ke opu hau la alima,
O ka nanuna hau la aone,
O ka hau i ka mauna la ahiku."
A land of many hau trees is Kohala
Out of a single hau tree I have counted out
And found seven hau.
The hau for the outriggers makes one,
The hau for the joining piece makes two,
The hau bark makes three,
The hau wood makes four,
The hau bush makes five,
The large hau tree makes six,
The mountain hau makes seven.
"Say, young man, you will have no hau, for we have used it all. There is none left. If you find any more, you shall live, but if you fail you shall surely die. We will twist your nose till you see the sun at Kumukena. We will poke your eyes with the Kahili handle, and when the water runs out, our little god of disputation shall suck it up—the god Kaneulupo."
Says the boy, "You full-grown men have found so many uses, you whose teeth are rotten with age, why can't I, a lad, find other uses, to save myself so that I may live. I shall search for some more hau, and if I fail you shall live, but if I find them you shall surely die."
"Aina hau kinikini o Kona,
Na'u i helu hookahi hau,
A ehiku hau keu.
O Honolohau la akahi,
O Lanihau la alua
O Punohau la akolu,
O Kahauloa la aha,
O Auhaukea la alima,
O Kahauiki la aono,
Holo kehau i ka waa kona la ahiku."
A land of many hau trees is in Kona
Out of a single hau I have counted one,
And found seven hau.
Honolahau makes one,
Lanihau makes two,
Punohau makes three,
Kahauloa makes four,
Auhaukea makes five,
Kahaniki makes six,
The Kehau that drives the canoe at Kona makes seven.
(All names of places in the Kona district.)